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Niger: Heavy Rains Force Back-to-School Delay$

For the second year in a row, Niger’s public education system is adjusting its calendar in response to extended rainfall. The government has announced that the start of the 2025-26 school year, originally set for October 1, will be postponed by two weeks. Nearly three...

Senegal Battles Dual Epidemics: Monkeypox and Rift Valley Fever$

Senegalese health authorities have announced two concurrent epidemics: monkeypox (Mpox) and Rift Valley fever. So far, no deaths have been reported among monkeypox cases, but eight fatalities have been attributed to Rift Valley fever. Five monkeypox cases have been...

Extraction Without Value: Mali’s Role in the Global Lithium Rush$

By Mohamed AG Ahmedou, via MondAfrique: Mali’s strategic resources are a formidable source of enrichment for Beijing, while leaving Bamako drained. On September 10, the African Union unveiled a draft declaration aimed at bringing together countries that produce...

Sahel: Jihadist groups target southern Burkina Faso, near GhanaF

Six civilians, four of them teachers, were killed in a suspected jihadist attack in southern Burkina Faso close to the border with Ghana, security officials and local sources said on Monday. Gunmen "opened fire on a group" in the town of Bittou on Sunday, a security...
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Sahel: Insurgents make major gains in northeast MaliF

By Amaury Hauchard Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State group are advancing in northeastern Mali, prompting terrified citizens to flee their homes, sources there say. The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) launched an offensive in the Gao and Menaka...
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Sahel: Conflict in Sahel spills over Togo with thousands of displaced by violenceF

More than 4,000 people have been displaced this year in northern Togo after the security climate worsened following jihadist attacks in neighbouring Burkina Faso, the government said. Togo and its West African coastal neighbours Benin, Ghana and Ivory Coast are facing...
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Sahel: Rights watchdog urges independent probe into Chad deathsF

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Chad to let outside investigators probe clashes last week between security forces and anti-junta protestors that left dozens of dead. "Chadian authorities need to immediately ensure that an effective, independent investigation will...
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